Nikki Dick and her husband Ian, who fostered and now plan to adopt Roo, say people often do a ‘double take’ when they see Roo, sometimes even mistaking her for a baby kangaroo due to the way she hops around.

Mrs Dick, 50, said: ‘Roo doesn’t know any different to hopping on her two back legs but she still laps up all the fuss from people.

‘She’s perfectly happy and pain free and vets are very happy with her progress.’

The couple, from Northumbria, said they instantly ‘fell in love’ with the dog, calling her a ‘little star’.

However it wasn’t always happy times for Roo, who was at death’s door when she was found in Romania, and required hydrotherapy and physiotherapy to bring her back to health.